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Quick Look
• Graduated from Wayne State University with a BS in Biotechnology in 2005
• Currently a fourth-year student in the PhD program
My appreciation of the training curriculum here at Wayne State stretches back to my undergraduate years. As an undergraduate student, I was exposed to the excellence in scientific study that is present here at the university. As a graduate student, I was particularly drawn to the emphasis that the program at the Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics places on human genetics. The Center provides an excellent environment in which I can learn the skills necessary to contribute to the ever-expanding field of human genetics. I am most interested in pursuing study in human genetic disorders, specifically the genetics of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). Within the next three years, I hope to graduate and obtain a postdoctoral position.
Research Interests
Advisor: Dr. Derek Wildman
Selected Publications
1. Boddy AM, Lenk GM, Lillvis JH, Nischan J, Kyo Y, Kuivaniemi H. Basic research studies to understand aneurysm disease. Drug News and Perspectives (in press).
2. Kuivaniemi H, Boddy AM, Lillvis JH, Nischan J, Lenk GM, Tromp G. Abdominal aortic aneurysms are deep, deadly and genetic. In: Aortic Aneurysms, New insights into an old problem. Liege University Press, Liege, Belgium. N. Sakalihasan, H Kuivaniemi, and JB Michel, eds. (in press).
3. Nischan J, Lenk JM, Boddy AM, Lillvis JH, Tromp G, Kuivaniemi H. Abdominal aortic aneurysms – a complex genetic disease. In: Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, NY (in press).
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